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Screen problem or graphics card? Broken Kaiser?

About 10 mins ago I was in the middle of typing out a text message then the screen went like this:
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It's very white, but you can make out some text and icons, the touch screen still works.
I'm using the original O2 ROM on my O2 XDA Stellar, and have never flashed the ROM or HardSPL (Yet!).
i tried booting into the bootloader but the screen is still like that, so I presume this is not a software issue.
Any suggestions before I call O2 for a replacement?
EDIT: I must point out that the screen is still at it's proper brightness, it is just mostly white! Kind of inverted infact.

Hi,
I've the same problem!!!!!!

frasbomb said:
Hi,
I've the same problem!!!!!!
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No way! What device is yours, the Stellar?
Just tried a hard reset with no joy.
About to call O2. Have you done anything bout it yet?

My device is an Italian HTC TyTN II.
I also tried with an Hard Reset, but nothing.......
I sent it to service center.......

Well I've called up O2, who were very good. Because I have had the phone for less than 28 days, they are sending me out a brand new one immediately, and I just swap the broken one with the new one at the door when it arrives!

Same thing exactly happened to me tonight. I guess it's a hardware problem. I'll be calling AT&T tomorrow.

Well I've received my replacement fine. O2 sent it straight out, next day delivery, swapped it at the door.
One interesting thing I have discovered is that the keyboard and external side keys are much better than in my old one. I had initially complained about them,the keyboard was not very responsive, some keys hardly clicked and it was hard to tell if you had actually pressed them sometimes. The new one is almost perfect!

same here humm this is gonna suck now.. anyone know how to return att phone with out an account

Well, my phone started doing that same thing last night.
I bought my Tilt about six months ago and it has been the greatest phone I've ever had.
Last night after touching the Contacts icon at the bottom right corner of the screen the whole screen turned very white just like the photos posted on the first post of this thread. I can still read the text, but the screen is too bright even though it is set to the lower brightness level. If I increase the brightness it gets almost unreadable.
I slided out and tilted the front and it came back to normal. It hapenned again and I did some very small hits with the tip of my finger and it came back to normal. It happened like 5 more times and got fixed back with some small hits with the fingers. However, after the sixth time it has not come back to normal.
It seems to me like some bad or broken contact, specially because it seems to happen when I touch the bottom right corner. I don't think reloading any software will fix this.
Whatever the problem is I will have to solve it myself since I bought this phone over Ebay and mailed down to me to Costa Rica.
I'm planning on opening the front and examining the display today in the afternoon. If anyone has some tips to share with me on this particular problem or on how to open the thing I will really appreciate them.

I did open my Tilt today as well as another good working one from a friend of mine.
The display from the working Tilt works just fine in my phone while my display does the same too bright behaviour.
Looks like a defective display to me. I already ordered a replacement.

solis_andres said:
I did open my Tilt today as well as another good working one from a friend of mine.
The display from the working Tilt works just fine in my phone while my display does the same too bright behaviour.
Looks like a defective display to me. I already ordered a replacement.
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Hey there, how did it work out with the new display ? You already received it and installed? Is it gone now?
May i ask where you ordered the screen?
Thanks

Damn the same problem over here!
I use my Kaiser a lot and i can't without him...

similar problem
there is a solution?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=911163#post55969133

urgent please help -screen issue

Hello,
I've had my tilt for less than a year now. Today, my screen, when I turned it on, shook and while it was shacking, it was showing multiple lines on the screen. At the end, the screen was complete white. I can still make/receive calls, however, I wouldn't know what's going on since the screen was white. It seems to me it was a loose connection???? It got me extremely worried. I took off the battery, made a hard-reset, tried to physically move the screen, non worked. all of a sudden, the screen was fine. Later today, it happened again.
Can anyone please explain this problem to me and how to fix it. I would really appreciate that...
Thank you

Not sure what "shacked" means.
But given you are under 1 year, you probably have a warranty. Would be best to try and get a warranty exchange.
To have you dig around inside checking connection and voiding your warranty, would not be wise with an active warranty.

JimmyMcGee said:
Not sure what "shacked" means.
But given you are under 1 year, you probably have a warranty. Would be best to try and get a warranty exchange.
To have you dig around inside checking connection and voiding your warranty, would not be wise with an active warranty.
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I'm sorry, I meant to say "shake". Anyways, My phone is unlocked and I bought it from ebay... currently using it in Canada

iamcanadian said:
I'm sorry, I meant to say "shake". Anyways, My phone is unlocked and I bought it from ebay... currently using it in Canada
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Ahh Booo.
Ok, Find mikechannon's disassembly guides and wiggle all your connections. Sounds like a loose connection to me.

Hello,
Thanks for the reply, I dismantaled my device and made sure all the connections are fine. The problem still appears....

Ok Next Thing it, The LCD panel is "dieing" you will probably need to replace it.

JimmyMcGee said:
Ok Next Thing it, The LCD panel is "dieing" you will probably need to replace it.
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oh damn
I noticed that when it happens, if I touched the OK and the end call button together, it would sometimes solve the issue. I would have to do it several times though. Is that any hint? are there screen related connections underneath those buttons?
Thank you for your continuing support, much appreciated!

OK, I've noticed that once I click on the call button, the white screen shows up. As I said, I dismantled my device and checked all the connections. However, I didn't go further than the 15th page, i didn't go further because I though that it wasn't necessary.. That's the websites of the tutorial I followed:
http://www.mikechannon.net/PDF Manuals/Replacing the LCD on a Kaiser.pdf
So the two connections I made sure they are properly in was the small and big one only like in the picture below....
Connection #1:
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Connection #2:
Another view of Connection #2:
I appreciate any help possible.... Thank you all...
Thank you again for the continuing support

bump...
Please help as this issue is really bothering me. Anyhelp is much appreciated!

Those connections you have pointed out in those pictures are the keyboard ribbon connections....I think you might have to dismantle a bit further to get to the screen.

mic_888 said:
Those connections you have pointed out in those pictures are the keyboard ribbon connections....I think you might have to dismantle a bit further to get to the screen.
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OK, I went further and was able to see the screen ribbon. I made sure the connections are in tight. However, after putting everything back, the problem still persist. Now, I'll be more than happy to buy a new screen IF it solves the problem... Please correct me if i'm wrong, doesn't seem more like a connection problem; maybe the chip that holds the ribbon cable is loose? In this case, it would need soldering???
Moreover, I noticed that the screen ribbon is underneath the talk button. Like I said before, touching the talk button solves the white screen*. Isn't that more proof that its not a screen issue?
I am very grateful for any advice...
Thank you
* Before completely dismantling the phone, it used to be touching the talk button brings the white screen problem, now its the opposite

Screen dies when closed - help requested

I have an HTC Dream/G1 that's having a rather odd issue. When the screen is flipped open, it appears to behave exactly as it should. When the screen is closed however, the display becomes a mess of vertical lines (or sometimes just fades to black) and does not respond.
One need only "sleep" the phone and "wake" it after flipping the screen up to bring it back to normal operation. This only lasts until the phone is again closed. I've included a couple of screen captures to help illustrate the issue. I've searched and searched and found absolutely nothing about this problem anywhere.
I'm currently running Firmware 1.6, CyanogenMod-4.2.7.1 with Cyanogen recovery. Everything was working fine and the phone suffered no trauma prior to this issue presenting itself. It literally happened while the phone was sitting idle on a coffee table. I've tried reflashing the phone (including reverting to Dreaimg.nbh and starting "from scratch") to no avail.
It does not appear to be an issue with the ribbon cable (no amount of flexing the cable or moving the screen has any effect). The display behaves properly throughout its movement up until the exact point at which it switches to "closed" functionality (approximately 80% closed). It appears to be something related to the hardware after it switches to "closed mode". My shot-in-the-dark guess is some form of chip-failure related to the phone's orientation detection as the vertical lines do not change regardless of orientation or touch-input. Again, that is just a guess.
If no one here has any recommendations, I will likely perform exploratory surgery and barring any obvious hardware failures, will likely be forced to replace the phone. If I do manage to resolve the issue (with or without outside help) I will surely assemble a how-to so others may resolve the issue in the future.
Thank you everyone for your help and suggestions, and for existing in the first place. You are the reason technology is fun.
EDIT - As pjcforpres kindly pointed out, I neglected to include the fact that the display failure is present regardless of boot state. It behaves this way upon initial "G1 screen" boot and even in the recovery console. This is appears to be further support for the idea that it is indeed a hardware failure.
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Does it do this while in recovery/boot loader as well? Is there anyway when closed to get it to work correctly?(I think your answer will be 'no' but just double checking)...

Oh wow, I can't believe I forgot to include that important bit of information. Yes, the phone behaves this way regardless of boot-state. Even with the initial "G1" screen displayed or in recovery mode, closing the screen brings about the display failure. No amount or configuration of screen or button operation seems to bring about the appropriate closed screen behavior. I will edit my original post with this information if I can. Thanks for looking and responding!

I didn't read your post
But my dads g1 did this.
It's a hardware ribbon, not software.
Go get a return or exchange for a new g1 because yours is defective.

That makes me think hardware then... not sure what though? Like you were saying, if there is an open/close switch of sorts that would be my bet. It could be the flex cable as well, and when it close that much it gets pinched, and happens to coincide with the orientation flip. But then it wouldn't take sleep and unsleep to go back right when opened, I would think... so we are back to it probably being the orientation sensor switch being funky like a monkey.

Well, I just tore it completely apart and put it back together to no avail. I made the assumption that the LCD flex cable was not the cause because of the behavior (only happening at a precise position, having to sleep then wake the phone to recover, etc...). It appears, however, that this assumption was incorrect. On Icebergxx's suggestion I decided to give it another look. I wedged a tool in against the cable and with various forceful flexing I can recreate the issue even with the screen fully extended. Luckily it appears the LCD flex cable is available on ebay for $24. Thank you so much for your responses. I'll dig around for a flex cable replacement guide, if a sufficient one does not yet exist, I will take the opportunity to share. Thanks again!

You're so handy its admirable haha good luck buddy glad to have helped.

Happy to hear it is just the flex cable! I was worried with the way it was acting it was something worse, just the whole not coming back to life when opened without sleeping then un-sleeping.

[Q] Ghost touches; bad grounding; static charge

Hello,
I've been having problems with the touchscreen lately. Everytime it is not 'grounded' via my PC USB cable, whenever I try to put two fingers horizontally or vertically they seems to disrupt each other ie:
http://i.imgur.com/ASwFmhw.jpg
This doesn't happen when:
1. USB connected to the PC. (seems to have the best result)
2. I hold the phone with my hands and it doesn't lie on a flat surface. (still ghost touches when I align 3 or more fingers in certain position)
3. It is hooked to a decent charger with proper grounding.
Seems like there is some kind of static charge leftovers or something that disrupts the multitouch in horizontal and vertical positions. Any way to permanently get rid of such static electricity? Or is it literally 'leaking' somewhere from within the device and the only thing I can do is RMA?
People on the MIUI forums reported similar problems but only while charing the device with improper chargers.

if You have root try adding persist.usb.hvdcp.detect=true to build.prop, always take a backup before changing anything, see if that helps

SIRKRA said:
if You have root try adding persist.usb.hvdcp.detect=true to build.prop, always take a backup before changing anything, see if that helps
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Tried, didn't work. The issues seems hardware based. The grounding of static electricity is simply broken inside the phone and there is no way to fix it other than to disassemble and see what is wrong.
Thanks anyway.

Delzor said:
Tried, didn't work. The issues seems hardware based. The grounding of static electricity is simply broken inside the phone and there is no way to fix it other than to disassemble and see what is wrong.
Thanks anyway.
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Damn that's bad, I've solved with this line, hope You find the problem but as You point it seems like a defective touch panel :good:

I also have ghost touchs while charging AC. I've tried a lot of roms and anyone solved it. Anyway, I learned I shouldn't use the pone while charging xDD

emeuge said:
I also have ghost touchs while charging AC. I've tried a lot of roms and anyone solved it. Anyway, I learned I shouldn't use the pone while charging xDD
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That's just a bad filtered charger, I own a 2A charger which is bad filtered, i hear the mains hum in my earbuds when connected to the phone while charging with this one, ghost touches and random taps included.
And then I have another 2 chargers, one is 1A, which came with my MI3 and the other one is a 750mA Nokia AC-20E which came with Lumia 520. None of these two make ghost touches or hum from mains. All depends on their filtration circuit quality. Try some other charger, for instance some Samsung charger and see if the phone is usable then.
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The left one is the 2A "ghost touch" charger and the right one is the original charger which came with my Mi3.
Odesláno z mého MI 3W pomocí Tapatalk

SIRKRA said:
Damn that's bad, I've solved with this line, hope You find the problem but as You point it seems like a defective touch panel :good:
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I RMA'd the phone, the technician stated that a change of the touch panel was done.
Alas, the problem persists. I specifically said that there is a grounding problem yet they only service the touch panel. I am quite furious right now.
Waited almost a month for them to do exactly nothing with it.

I too hv this issue why is it anyone knws or hv solution for it?

i m facing this problem even when phone is not connected to usb...and when i restart it problem solved for some time and then again continues ...any solutions found ? one plus one also got this problem

found temperary and good solution :
http://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-one/themes-apps/app-touch-screen-fixer-t3079029

N910T won't fix on satellites, even though it can see them.

Hey guys, I'm pulling my hairs out on this problem I am getting with my note 4.
Long story short - I cannot get a GPS fix (to even a single sat) with my N910T.
The longer version:
This thing had a cracked screen - but worked great before that (no GPS problems) and I used it a good year before breaking it. So I bought a N910A (ATT) note 4 to use the screen to fix my trusty note.
I gutted both phones, and put my N910T motherboard in the N910A's frame, with the screen still attached to the frame. I kept the N910A's USB daughterboard (with the charging port) because in the research I did, it seemed basically identical to the one from my broken screen frame, and I knew it would be tricky to get that out and into the new one without busting the new glass or destroying the flex cables.
So after some trouble with the S pen not working initially (the cable didn't press in fully, had to stick paper behind the flex cable and it went in properly) I was able to get the phone up and running again, and all features seemed to work great again.
However - I noticed after a couple days that the GPS was super spotty, so bad it was mostly unusable. I noticed that AGPS was on and it was using wifi and mobile data to help get a fix, so I turned it to GPS only mode. In GPS only mode the phone gets not signal whatsoever, no matter where I am.
I tried the simple fixes many recommend online, one which is to try tightening the screws a bit, and in fact, as this process continued I opened and closed up the phone several times, making sure to carefully but tightly screw all the screws back into place. That didn't help. I also tried making sure the compass calibration was good - and it made no difference. And I even factory reset to make sure there were no issues with installed apps or anything like that.
I got to thinking, perhaps its a issue with the small bendable pins that press from the motherboard into the mid-frame not making good contact, so I tore the phone down a couple more times, slightly bent out - very carefully - all the pins that press into the mid-frame to make them all have a solid contact, and even tried to get any corrosion or debris from the pads on the mid-frame. I even made sure there was contact for those little ones alone the sides of the phone which seem to have something to do with the buttons rather than what I'm dealing with.
Still no luck, so I tried doing a NV rebuild, which I read might solve getting 0 sat fixes, and discovered my phone wouldn't let me into that menu of the service options, so I had to install root and then do it through shortcut master instead. Once I finally was able to get to the menu and run the NV rebuild.... nothing changed.
So I am fresh outta ideas, and I'm thinking that A) that ATT USB daughterboard actually plays a part in GPS somehow and I need to take my TMO one out of the old phone and put it in the new frame and screen.... or B) Something is damaged on my motherboard.... or C) Somebody out there has a better solution
Any ideas, experiences of what worked are all appreciated!

BUMP --------
Still having this issue. Tried opening it up, and realllllly making sure those antenna springs are making contact, and I made sure the contacts on the mid frame are clean.
I tried TopNTP and that made no difference. Here is an image of whats going on when I run GPS Test:
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Bump?
Losing hope for my old phone here

Anybody happen to know if the daughter board that has the USB charging port plays any role in gps?